Hoppalights..! Mk2.1 and MK3

Mk2.1 on the left.. Mk3 on the right..

A couple of B2Flex's on order and Mk4 on the drawing board..!

MK2.1... Triple XPG @ 1amp (one warm white and 2 cool white) currently ledil laura wide and medium optics and regina reflector...
the wide optic however is pretty much useless and will be replaced with another medium.

MK3... double, triple XPG's both @ 1Amp with seperate drivers to allow me to turn them on/off/high/low individually with one carclo medium frosted 20mm optic, one carclo narrow 20mm optic.. amazing light but lacks the outright punchy spot of even a single XPG / Regina combo

MK4... Triple XPG with carclo frosted medium optic, and either a single (maybe double) Regina spot or a regina and a ledil Laura spot / medium both running from separate B2Flex's @ upto 1.5amps..

undecided yet though... have to do a bit of testing first.. quite like the compact double case with the MK3 though..

Looking good Spacehopper.
I like the addition of the heatsink on MkIII.
I added a heatsink to my recent build using the same hammond box with 2x XP-G's at 1.5a.
It got a little warm without it.
What mounts are you using there?
How do you feel about the 3up medium optics?
I am about to do a 2x 3up build as well, and have several of the carlco optics to choose from.
Narrow, narrow frosted, medium frosted etc.
Good work!!!

the medium optic is excellent as a flood.. no real penetration though.. but when combined with the narrow its pretty much the perfect beam combo for singletrack as far as im concerned..

just lacks a little bit of the ultimate throwy punch (when compared to a regina) when out on longer fireroads and canal towpaths etc.. but i doubt youd notice it unless you had the regina to compare with like i did last night..

the optics also have no hard edge to the beam either compared with a regina and fill in the ground around the front wheel much more nicely..

the mounts im using are lumicycle (which are expensive but good..) and have an extra square of aluminium between them and the light body to clear the stem..

the light gets ferociously burn your skin hot after about 5 minutes when inside...! so the heatsink is definatley needed..! but it didnt feel at all hot last night on the trail... (UK and about 1 or 2 degrees though!)

ive got a couple of narrow frosted optic's too but havent really used it as the two i have in now do the job i want

Mk2.2 has had its wide optice replaced with another medium and is an excellent little light now..

Mk3 has been updated to 3.5 with had a complete re-design and now has a single XPG through a regina as a spot and a triple 20mm board through a ledil Satu Medium optic.. its a nice beam but im not overly keen on the tint of R5 XPG's its more powerful than the MK2 but the beam is much more eye friendly with the warmer tint LED in there too..

been working on the MK4 for a while now and finally got it completed this weekend!

Triple 20mm XPG through a Ledil Satu Medium Optic... powered by a B2flex at upto 1.5Amps

and 2 XPG's (one warm tint and one cool) through 2 Reginas powered by a seperate B2Flex at upto 1.5 amps..

first test ride either tonight or tomorrow!

and heres the Mk5 i built from bits i had left over.. tried to make it as small as i could! and its ended up pretty tiny! Triple 20mm XPG at upto 970Ma with a teapot Driver and a Carclo 20mm Spot optic

might be time to play with some XML's now...! its addictive this light building malarky!

Looks good. Nice work.
When I first looked at the picture, it almost looked like the stars were mounted onto a piece of wood.......then I zoomed in on the larger version on flickr and could see that it is copper.

How do you like the Satu optic?
I recently picked up a couple narrow and a medium....but haven't had a chance to test them out yet.
I have a couple XPE 3 up boards that I was thinking of making some mini thrower lights.....and the Satu will fit perfect!

lol.. wooden heatsinks...! though i do suppose the resulting fire would add some more lumens...

now where did i put that balsa..

The Satus are pretty good.. the medium is excellent as a floody optic.. with a slightly better beam (wider and a bit more throw) than the carclo 20mm optics but theres not a massive amount to choose between them to be honest..

the spot optic was decent if used on its own in a triple, though they lack the outright throw of reflectors, but on the upside they dont have the hard edge to the beam of a reflector..

also tried the wide Satu in the Mk3.. the flood was amazing but it just lacked a little bit of throw compared to the Medium satu to fill in the mid distance before the Regina takes over for the long distance..

they are a bit taller and wider than the Carclo's though if space is an issue!

Spacehopper,
was there a noticeable difference between the narrow carlco and the narrow satu?
My most recent build is a dual 3up XPG bar light running narrow carlco optics, and they are pretty damn floody for narrow.......but great for a bar light when paired up with my dual xpg regina helmet light.

Vancbiker,
I'll see if I can put together a test station for the 3up boards.
I do have a spare 3up in each an XPG and an XPE, and could wire up my extra b2Flex with some quick disconnects to easily swap between the led boards.
Also have all the carlco 3up options (besides elliptical) and the Satu narrow and wide.
I'm very curious, so may have to whip something together asap.